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Bar Admissions: Idaho Supreme Court (2017 - Present*); U.S. District Court, District Court of Idaho (2017); U.S. Supreme Court (1999); U.S. Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals (1989); Kansas Supreme Court (1985-2019**); U.S. District Court, District of Kansas (1985). (*Senior status; **Retired) Military Service: Retired, Captain, U.S. Army. (Vietnam, U.S. Navy, active duty 1966-1969; Kansas Army National Guard, inactive duty / active duty for training, 1980-1992, 1998-2001; U.S. Army, NATO / Bosnia-Herzegovina, 2001-2003.)General practice attorney, with employment law emphasis. Represented employees and referred employers in wage and hour, wrongful termination, discrimination and retaliation, non-compete and breach of contract matters. Represented small business owners in various types of issues and disputes. Experienced in civil litigation case management, from initial client / case screening to dispositive motion practice and post trial appeals – including investigation, drafting administrative agency claims and position statements, drafting pleadings, preparing and responding to written discovery, preparing for and conducting depositions, pre and post trial motion pleading and practice, mediation, and trial practice.• Significant experience in state and federal court litigation and agency practice before the EEOC, NLRB, OSHA, DOL and various state agencies within Kansas.• Significant experience handling collective action Fair Labor Standards Act litigation, including conditional class certification, trial and settlement. • Significant training and experience handling complex issues involving combination legal issues under Title VII, the Pregnancy Discrimination Act, the Family and Medical Leave Act, and/or the Americans with Disabilities Act.• Former law enforcement traffic accident investigator. Experienced in personal injury and tort litigation.

Listed skills include Litigation, Civil Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Legal Research, and 8 others.